Rosemary and Butterflies

Here in Medina, Rosemary is a popular landscaping plant.  It does well with little water, and is too pungent for the deer to eat. Our neighbors have a large rosemary plant that has been blooming for the past couple of weeks.  The small purple blooms are not showy, but the local butterflies have sure enjoyed them!  Here are some that I got pictures of in just an hour.

Mark

American Snout on Blooming Rosemary.

Common Buckeye, looking a little tattered. 

Dainty Sulphur

Gray Hairstreak - Wings open.

Gray Hairstreak, Wings closed.

Orange Sulphur

Reakirt's Blue

Sleepy Orange - Wings closed.

Sleepy Orange - Flying.

Variegated Fritillary.

Mark